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- 24801: Japanese Aristocrat
- ... must have been a very exciting time to be a Japanese aristocrat. The aristocratic society decided which parts of Chinese culture would be integrated into Japan. The new centralized Japanese government was modeled after China's. Although Japans government was modeled after China's it had some very distinct differences. The Japanese seemed to modify Chinese concepts and make them unique to Japan. They did not only do this with government, but with all things taken from China. Japan ... on poetry, calligraphy, and court intrigue. So much effort was put into these things other aspects of the society were being neglected. Education, ethics, and moral virtue were not considered as important as a person's ability to write poetry or calligraphy. "Artistic sensibility was more highly valued than ethical goodness. Despite the influence of Buddhism, Heian society was on the whole governed by style rather than by any moral ...
- 24802: Imagery In Macbeth
- ... are not his garments. Therefore, Macbeth is uncomfortable in them because he is continually conscious of the fact that they do not belong to him. In the following passage, the idea constantly recurs that Macbeth's new honours sit ill upon him, like a loose and badly fitting garment, belonging to someone else: New honours come upon him, Like our strange garments, cleave not to their mould, But with the aid ... darkness. In a Shakespearean tragedy a special tone, or atmosphere must be created to show the darkness and blackness in a tragedy. In Macbeth, Shakespeare uses the design of the witches, the guilt in Macbeth's soul, and the darkness of the night to establish the atmosphere. All of the remarkable scenes take place at night or in some dark spot; for instance, the vision of the dagger, the murder of Duncan, the murder of Banquo, and Lady Macbeth's sleep-walking, all occur at night. Darkness is the time when the traveller hastens to reach safety in his inn, when Banquo rides homeward to meet his assassins; furthermore, it is the time when ...
- 24803: Macbeth
- ... no longer needed to be with his friend Banquo. He wanted to protect his ambition, by killing the king, and now he killed Banquo, due to the prediction of what the witches said about Banquo's son becoming the king. Macbeth wanted to ensure that he would reach his ambition without problems. Macbeth, who now no longer needed any encouragement from Lady Macbeth, started to leave her in ignorance of his ... of nemesis is shown clearly at the end of the play when Macduff came back to murder Macbeth. Macbeth would never have guessed that Macduff would come back for revenge for the killing in Macduff's household. This nemesis shows an additional force beyond Macbeth's control. Because of Macbeth's strong beliefs in ambition and the witches, when he found out Macduff was not born of woman, and also found out the Birnam Wood had been seen moving, he ...
- 24804: To Kill A Mockingbird
- ... He seldom got attention from his mother or stepfather. They made him promises of quality time they never kept, so they would buy him gifts to make up for the broken promises. Jem and Scout's mother died in childbirth while having Scout. Mocking 3 Their father, Atticus Finch, was a lawyer who spent long hours in his office or away on business so they were used to being without parents ... same attitude he carried himself into the minds of his children that all people were people regardless of their skin color. He was not the violent type and refused to carry a gun. The children's uncle taught them how to shoot a gun and he told them that he would rather they shoot at tin cans instead of shooting at birds, especially mockingbirds. When they asked why, his reply was "it was a sin to kill a mockingbird" (Lee, 97). The title was mentioned again at the end of the book. At the end of the story, Mr. Ewell, Mayella's father, threatened Mr. Finch by telling him the last thing he would do would be to get revenge because he defended Tom Robinson. But instead of Mr. Ewell going after Atticus, he went after ...
- 24805: A Trip To Panama City
- ... downtown Panama City. Panama City is an international melting pot and its eating choices range from American fast food to excellent internationall cuisine. Eager to begin our sightseeing, we grabbed lunch at a nearby McDonald's after checking in then caught a bus. The buses in Panama are a tourist attraction in themselves. They are brightly painted, hung with fringe, and have constantly blaring Salsa and Caracas music playing. They are ... of the colonial town and is bordered on one side by a cathedral with twin mother of pearl towers that took 108 years to complete. On two other sides it is bordered by the Archbishop's Palace, now a university and the Central Post Office. While in the old part of Panama City we also visited the Iglesia de San Jose and saw the Golden Aaltar. This altar was in the original Panama City and was saved from Henry Morgan's pirates by a monk who painted it black to disguise it. When we finished touring we returned to our hotel and then ate dinner at El Pez de Ora, one of the city' famous ...
- 24806: The Pyramids of Egypt
- ... experience to have lived back then. The history of Egypt begins with the unification of Upper and Lower Egypt into one united kingdom. The first ruler under this new system was Menes. Thirty other dynasty's would follow. To further unify Upper and Lower Egypt Menes founded a capital city where the two met: at the apex of the Nile, where it fans out into the silt plain. This city was ... with him in the pyramid, so that in the afterlife the king would be able to have all the comforts that he had in his life. Wives and people of high standing in the king's court were buried beside his tomb when they died. The queens pyramid was always much smaller than the kings. The other wives and attendants tombs were built beside the king's pyramid but were only small rectangular tombs or mastabas. In early tombs, the central area was the burial chamber. The other surrounding rooms contained the king's furniture, jewelry, and other things that were ...
- 24807: Around The World In Eighty Day
- ... who The Reform Club will pay. But did he really achieve a goal by making this unbelievable trip around the world in an astonishing eighty days. Setting: This novel takes place in the late 1800s, approximately 1872. Mr. Phileas Fogg lived at No. 7, Saville Row, Burlington Gardens. As the story progresses on and one tiny wager is made, a trip around the world changes the setting of this novel ... asked fix where he could get the passport of his master visaed. As Fix looked at the passport with intent, asked him if this was his passport, but Passepartout replied that it was his masters visa. As Fix left, he rushed himself immediately to the consul and told him he had good belief that his robber was on the Mongolia. As they were talking two men interrupted, Passepartout and his ... master, Phileas Fogg, Fogg asked the consul if he could have his passport visaed to prove he used the Suez. After this Passepartout however tells Fix all he knows, therefore making it certain to Fixs assumption that points to Fogg, as the robber of fifty-five thousand pounds. Luckily for Phileas Fogg, and his wager, that the Indian Ocean and Red Sea were partly in his favor. While on ...
- 24808: Jurassic Park
- ... World Characters There are many characters in this book. Only one of these characters is from the origional. He is Ian Malcom. There are many people, though who take the place of the previos book's characters. There are Kelly and Arby instead of Timmy and his sister for example. There are many main and minor characters in this novel which are all very important to the story line. Ian Malcom ... elleged "Site B" of Jurassic Park. He is probably the most important of the main characters. Richard Levine plays a important role in this novel. In the begining of the novel he is at Malcom's lecture. Your first impression of Levine is that he is rude and intrusive. He inturrupted Malcom in the middle of his lecture. Later in the story he helps out Malcom in his search for "Site B." Levine's character provides some very interesting views on the mission to "Site B." Sarah Harding is a field researcher in the African Plains. She specializes in the behavior of hyenas. She knew Malcom from personnal ...
- 24809: Adolf Hitler: Pure Evil in the Flesh
- ... unethical and immoral, yet he was insane enough to think that his carnage was just and right. Though there are many people in modern day life who make me question the United States of AmericaΉs First Amendment, (such as people who print bomb material on the internet or Marilyn Manson) I know that it is unfortunately their right. Hitler is the first to make me question GodΉs gift of Free Will. A Greek philosopher Epicurus, pondered GodΉs role in evil. "Either God can prevent evil and chooses not to(therefore God is not good) or God chooses to prevent evil but cannot (therefore God is not all-powerful). What Epicurus failed ...
- 24810: Lighting Advancments
- ... in New Jersey. He then hired a team of scientists and gave them everything they needed to work; their job was to dream up new inventions . October 21, 1929 was the fiftieth anniversary of Edison s invention of the electric light. (Louis 46-48) The electric light was a huge scientific discovery. The electric light offered a safer, non-fire based source of light. The lighting was dependent on no fuel ... efficient lighting on the streets. The problem was that astronomers could not see the stars because of light pollution. Light pollution is when the lights illuminate the sky as well as the street. The astronomer s complaint was taken earnestly and the city changed all the streetlights to high/low pressure sodium lights (Neitzke). High-pressure sodium lights produce a brighter yellow glow than low sodium lights. These new lights provided ... a glass fiber. Fiber optic cable is just crushed glass that has been reconstructed into a thin wire of all glass. The light travels through the glass. The glass acts like a tube, if focus s all the light to the very tip of the fiber optic strand. When it reaches the end of the strand it is visible to the human eye, and the light is still very brilliant. ...
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